XeroxCool
@XeroxCool@lemmy.world
- Comment on 4ish years ago when I bought a house I was convinced not to get a house inspection, would it be crazy to get one now just to make sure it's all good? 10 hours ago:
As I understand it, about 20 years ago, my [US] state started requiring all new basement work (including additions) to have radon piping provisions, but they didn’t have to be connected.
- Comment on Nature Valley: 10 bars in 5 packs 3 days ago:
Honey Oats & GetTheVacuum
- Comment on 2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Nominal size is supposed to be 1.5 1 week ago:
It’s the same 10 pieces on the top of the pile for weeks. Everyone is reaching for the pieces under.
- Comment on 2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Nominal size is supposed to be 1.5 1 week ago:
2x2PT has been 1.25x1.25 for as long as I can remember (10 years or more). It’s only the pressure treated deck stuff for railings. This does not apply to the rest of the 2x lumber, as those are still 1.5 actual. I got Simpson corner 2x2 brackets for crazy cheap way back but ended up not really using them. The 2x2s are warped to hell and a ripped 2x4 was too big in the original 2x dimension.
- Comment on 2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Nominal size is supposed to be 1.5 1 week ago:
I usually bring my 9ft magnetic tape from my car’s ceiling and my 4" brass fractional caliper from the glove box into the store but always end up prowling the lumber section for the loose tape measures. Wouldn’t want to look like I’m stealing, right?
- Comment on Does color change how hot a laser can get something? 2 weeks ago:
Eh, I think it’s helpful to point that out. If someone hit a dead end researching lasers, not making it out of the visible spectrum, that could explain why. Maybe they missed the line stating where laser ends, maybe the article assumed the reader would know that already.
- Comment on Doesn't the need for a permit fundamentally contradict the US's ideals of free speech? 2 weeks ago:
… That’s exactly the point. Starting a discussion with people who’ve fundamentally misunderstood the right. People who think they can say anything and you aren’t allowed to be mad at them. People who think their right applies to private property and platforms.
- Comment on Doesn't the need for a permit fundamentally contradict the US's ideals of free speech? 2 weeks ago:
Yelling “fire” is just an easily visualized situation to start the discussion about how freedom of speech is not a universal freedom. It cracks open the door to the idea that there are many situations where you’re not free and that it’s not even about your ability to scream or be heard, it’s about government persecution limitations.
- Comment on Why do cameras call it "Macro Lens" if it zooms in and is used to capture tiny objects? Shouldn't it be "Micro Lens"? 3 weeks ago:
Cropped by way of a smaller sensor, but magnified if you compare a “full frame sensor” camera and a “crop sensor” camera with identical pixel counts. A penny will have a penny-sized projection on the sensor, but the image from the crop sensor will have ~40% more pixels of the penny.
- Comment on How should I link to music so that anyone can open it? 3 weeks ago:
Corrected a type that flips the meaning, though I’m guessing people identified it. “impermanent”
- Comment on How should I link to music so that anyone can open it? 3 weeks ago:
The I permanent nature of YouTube and other host sites, such as photo bucket and forum reformats, has drastically changed how I comment. I try to type all the pertinent details instead of dropping a link alone, hoping to future-proof the info by giving readers the info required to use a search engine to find it if the link breaks
- Comment on What side do you open a banana from? 3 weeks ago:
I Isuzu from the stem but suzuki from the bottom now, where the seed is
- Comment on Valheim: Ashlands Gameplay Trailer 3 weeks ago:
Need some help? I know of some body snatcher groups that exist out there but I’ll offer my own help. I can’t promise it’ll go swimmingly, but I’ve at least beat the queen (in a group of 5)
- Comment on What would happen if every atom on earth was to simultaneously double in size? 3 weeks ago:
Can you take me higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher?
- Comment on What would happen if every atom on earth was to simultaneously double in size? 3 weeks ago:
Please do not adjust the scale in the devcommands. I’m not saying I’m having a great time here, but this is where I’m having a time.
- Comment on How my morning is going... 4 weeks ago:
Your info was probably already out there, somewhere. It’s most likely in a massive list with thousands of others. It’s still not great, but you’re not being targeted. This is why it’s important to freeze your credit with each bureau.
Just another reminder that using your SSN for ID verification purposes and acting like it’s a secret code only you could ever know is a dumb fucking system. Even the “verify with your last 4 digits” is a dumb fucking system. If you have a date of birth and a decent idea of birthplace, you can take a pretty good guess about the first 5 digits because they’re sequential from known blocks. It wasn’t until about 20 years ago that the government randomized the first 5 to stop that.
- Comment on How my morning is going... 4 weeks ago:
Discover offers monitoring. How are you so sure it’s phishing? An abundance of caution and logging in directly is certainly a safe route to verify, but convincing OP this is phishing and that the graphics are risky is unnecessarily alarming
- Comment on Why do Americans measure everything in cups? 5 weeks ago:
I would agree with this if components were sold by volume as well. I don’t really bake, but the only thing I can recall showing a volume was shredded cheese. And even still, it’s always about X cups. Otherwise, I’m buying a premixed box and doing what the label tells me to do. Sure, I’m happy to not get fleeced with shrinkflation putting fluffy shredded cheese in a 2 cup bag, but it’s still a bit of a mismatch
- Comment on Why do Americans measure everything in cups? 5 weeks ago:
- 8 fluid ounces, not to further confuse Europeans by thinking our cup is an adaptable unit of measure based on 8 weight ounces of a given product.
- Comment on Anyone else travel to see the eclipse just to have clouds come in right before totality? 5 weeks ago:
I checked the noaa cloud cover forecast 7 days prior, 2 days, 1 day, 12 hours… My friends in Rochester, NY (pretty sure) got clouded out but Burlington VT had a mild hazy layer of clouds that still offered full view. It blurred some of the corona.
- Comment on Anyone else travel to see the eclipse just to have clouds come in right before totality? 5 weeks ago:
You took the initiative to find clear skies. Nothing useless about it unless you wanted to take a guess where the cloud opening would be at that exact time at home
- Comment on why did the eclipse not darken proportionally? 5 weeks ago:
And in 20 minutes, hopefully you were asleep. Otherwise, you’d likely be at full dark adaptation and find new light sources. Your pupils take seconds to adjust, but it takes 20 minutes for your eyes to replenish the rhodopsin, the chemical that amplifies your retinas. It gets bleached in seconds, which is why it takes so long to go back to full adaptation. Red light does not bleach rhodopsin, hence it’s use in dark activities. That’s also why “pirates” used eye patches: one eye kept it’s rhodopsin to see below deck.
- Comment on Why bag the hydrant? 5 weeks ago:
Paint gets scratches, especially where things turn and rub against each other. You don’t want the turning bits becoming seized and finding out at the worst time
- Comment on This grocery store charges a hefty handling fee and asks for a tip when using online ordering. 1 month ago:
Amazon is set up as a business to do the picking. That cost is factored in. Walmart has the same market space as Amazon, so not much room to charge more and still be competitive. I can’t comment on the sporting goods store unless you mean buying online from one, in which case it’s still the same situation: a warehouse designed to pick and ship as the business model. Saves them from shipping and storing in the store. But a grocery store? They’re not set up for this thing. And being they’re a few cities over, it’s not incredibly unreasonable to have to pay for someone to pick it, consume a box, consume filler material, consume tape, print a label, and then mail it. If they deliver themselves, it wouldn’t be so complicated to pack it, but it’d probably be the same cost for the truck and driver. If the law hasn’t specified their job can be below minimum wage and covered by tips (serving), then they’re getting minimum at the minimum. Yes, minimum is trash where I am, but nothing says that tipping is required. People were tip-happy when this program was probably set up in 2020
- Comment on Would you drink breast milk if it was commercially available? 1 month ago:
I think the primary concern would be women giving too much milk at work to meet quotas, followed by the risk of women giving too much to make money, not leaving enough for their own children. But breast milk will continue to be produced as long as it’s withdrawn, so there should be an ethical way to continue it.
- Comment on How do genocides happen? 1 month ago:
1k 1m 1b, all are drastically greater than the number of fingers and toes available to reference. The factor between 1 and 1,000 is 1,000. Seems tangible. The factor between 1,000 and 1,000,000 is 1,000. Basically the same
- Comment on How do genocides happen? 1 month ago:
Any pointers on where in the 2hr show you’re referencing? I’ve seen the “do you have a flag” and the “mass murder” parts
- Comment on Form over function, eh? 1 month ago:
That’s not correct. FMVSS 108, Table I-a, specifically allows rear turn signals to be amber or red. Front turn signals must be amber only.
- Comment on Doctors aren't allowed to have sexual relations with their patients, but what if the patient was the doctor's spouse? 1 month ago:
I enjoyed how American Horro Story: Red Tide embodied this fear. There was a pill that made you extremely creative for a few hours but permanently locked away that creativity without it (and gave such a severe iron deficiency you’d have to drink blood).
- Comment on If the agreed upon age of the Universe is updated from 13 billion years old to 26 billion years old how does that affect Science and Astrophysics? 1 month ago:
An interesting point about the radio visibility of our civilization is that it was incredibly short lived. Sure, we have some unique items that may be visible if specifically searched, such as radiation or organic chemical signatures/ratios. But the whole thing about blasting space with radio and TV signals? Basically just a 100 year stint. Current devices are much more focused, so there’s less spill, and by going digital, identifiable waveforms are much rarer. We went form nothing, to being the social media addict of the solar system, to blending back into the static in a matter of a century.